Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Umbrella party
The first impression anyone would get from these two words is partying with umbrellas. Well, I'm gonna say guess again. Or guess yet again if need be.
The day before yesterday, some foreign VIPs were stopping by our base and an umbrella party was required. Meaning, we needed a group of people whose job is to hold umbrellas for VIPs in the presence of a stormy weather. Ok...sounds funny. Scratch that, it is funny. Enlighten me on this but I can't figure out why we have to be the one holding the umbrella. It's illogical and impractical. Just because they're some big-assed VIPs, we're supposed to get ourselves wet to keep them dry? Seriously, I don't see no sense in that. How taxing can holding an umbrella be? Don't VIPs have limbs? Rather, do we have to do everything for them? Say, like feeding them , speaking for them or even, visit the toilet for them? No, no and no. They can do those perfectly fine. Now the only question that remains, what's so not to like about holding an umbrella? Besides, it's easier to shelter oneself, as compared to someone else, with an umbrella. For all you might know, the VIP might have longer legs than you and as a result, will be striding so far ahead that being pelted by the rain is unavoidable. So, what would make more sense? Holding an umbrella yourself or having someone hold it for you? I'll gladly pick the former option.
Anyway, I was one of the volunteers cause I figured, what's sacrificing a few hours of your weekend in exchange for a day off of work? The umbrella party was forecasted to last from 1400hrs to 1800hrs and assured us that they'd have a transport ready for us. You see, the only problem with our base is that to get from the entrance to our office, it's a 15 minutes walk. Frankly speaking, no one would want to walk that distance, even more so under the relentless scorching sun. So, they promised us that there'd be a minibus to ferry us in but after much waiting, we were still stranded at the entrance, awaiting the messianic arrival of the minibus. Finally, a call was made to the 'Auntiesaurus' and I quote from her idiotic reply, 'Oh, you must've missed the bus. Maybe you guys can walk in and if you see any cars coming in, flag them down and ask for a ride.' Good idea, why didn't we think of that? Umm...hello...it's a Sunday! There's like zero cars going in cause those involved in the event are already at the office. Anyway, it was a blessing that one of us drove on that day, although he came a bit later while we were halfway through walking. Then, at the office, I was dumbfounded by the stupid instructions they gave. 'Make yourself scarce unless it's raining.' Actually, I had the urge to reply, 'Gladly and with honor. In case you didn't notice, the temperature out there is approximately 32 degree celsius with the sun blazing wildly over you. Figuratively speaking, enjoy baking yourselves.' Hence, we spent the entire four hours hiding out in the office, chatting the time away. Not that I wanna complain but I think we caught ourselves a huge bargain!
To sum it all up, I like how 'umbrella party' sounds but hate what it actually meant. VIPs are not 'very important people', they're more of 'Verified: Intellectually Paralyzed'.
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